The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-07-28
THE DEADLY cIcAREnE
me Latest Victim Of the PernIeIous Littls
Paper-Coversd Tube.

ne Latest Victim Of the Pcrnicious Little
Paper-Coversd TUBE.
OF all the forms Of using tobacco the
small paper-covered tube known a. the
cigarette is the most deadly. There
are many reasons for this. In the first
place the cigarette smoker has ~ as
surance that the tobacco is any thing
more than rubbish which can not be
used in any other manner. Secondly
the paper is well known TO be- exceed
ingly poisonous; not more 80 than gen
uine tobacco. probably. but there is a
wild hilarity which follows the smoking
IF paper that speedily breaks down the
strongest nervous system Thirdly.
the cigarette is an insidious evil Il Is
90 mild. and 50 handy. and 50 cheap.
that the unfortunate smoker use- many
more Of them thau he HIS any il-a Of
The other gg7 reasons need not b. given
here. as they have been NJ various times
discussed in the public press and 90
great has been the influence Of these
exposures that cigarette smoking has
increased over jOJ per cent. during the
last four years. Yet there are people
who scDh at the power Of the press, u
is only necessary to show cnnclusively
that = certain thing is very harmful.
ia order 10 get thousands of people a.
est the question for their own satisfir-
ion.
The recent case Of Mr. John W Steb-
bins. Of Wyoming. will do much "a open
he ewes uf the users Of the vile weed in
Is vilest form. II willpiin many good
people 10 know that the cigarette has
nsinuated itself into the rural simpliri-
yof Wyoming. Hitherto the iuhal-
tants Of that Territory have been a
guileless pastoral people who Occa-
sionally INDUCED in scalping. cattle
aids and bad whisky. enlivened 10y a
murder now and then. but never has
heir worst enemy charged them with
smoking cigarrttes Now. alas al
his is changed. Il Is no uncommon
sight 10 see a gang 81 cowboys peacea-
by returning TO camp after sacking a
'illage. each with q cigarette in his
mouth. True. some Of the most noble
4 the COWBOYS stood out against the
growth Of this habit and shot a few of
he smokers. but although this method
4 argument seemed to be conclusive in
Individual cases vet matters Of policy
prevented its universal adoption. So
spite of the best intentions on the
part Of the opponents Of the
/ .lnHssrrnaH 70 arsrr.nH
,mOnZ the unsophisticated people
If the plains Stebbins fell an
'asy victim to the cigarette and smoked
ncessantly. The effect Of the habit on
him was not noticed until one day he
ired at tenderfoot from the East, three
lines in succession and missed him ev-
nv time. This alarmed his friends and
hey besought him with tears in their
ives 10 abandon a habit that was doing
. much to undermine his usefulness
nd influence on the plains. Stebhins
| ,imself felt rather shaken and consulted
physician. who told him that if he did
/ rot give up cigarette smoking he would
rot live six months. Stebbins agreed
| oquit-neNt week. This is peculiarly
4 the cigarette smokers. They are al
ways going 10 quit some time in the
'uture. That night there was social
ard party in the shanty. Stebbins sat
IN the powder KEY. He let a cigarette
lump fall on the key. The party in
SANITY broke up. Stehbins and part
# the key were last seen going through
ne roof AS nGlher have vet come
Town serious fears are beginning to be
Entertained on that ranch that some
hing has happened TO Stebbins. Thus
is that the doctors most sanguine eN-
pectations have been realized and the
iame of John Warrington Stcbbins has
seen added to the already long list Of
he victims Of the deadly cigarette